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Rick’s Daily Tech Tips Update for Thursday, May 2, 2024
Topics covered in this issue…
• Streamline your Internet tasks by using multiple browsers
• Q&A: Are free antivirus apps just as good as paid ones?
• Q&A: Can you recommend a good external hard drive for a Mac?
• Homemade fruity popsicles make a healthy and delicious summertime treat
• May’s Tech Tips Giveaway: TP-Link Deco AXE4900 Tri-Band WiFi 6E Mesh WiFi System
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Monthly Tech Giveaway….
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Congratulations to Gary M. from Warren City, Michigan for winning the Anker 521 300W Portable Power Station in April’s Tech Tips Giveaway.
May’s winner will receive a TP-Link Deco AXE4900 Tri-Band WiFi 6E Mesh WiFi System (click for details).
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Today’s featured tech tip….
Streamline your Internet tasks by using multiple browsers
If you’re anything like me you probably have several websites and online accounts that you use on a daily basis.
Switching back and forth between various tabs in the same browser is both tedious and time-consuming, especially if you use more than one account with a particular service.
Well here’s a little tip that can save you a lot of time (not to mention a lot of clicking)…
Use several different browsers at once, each of which is dedicated to just one or two websites or accounts.
For example, I keep my Outlook web mail open in Firefox.
Facebook is always open in Opera.
The WordPress Dashboard for working on my blogs is always open in Chrome.
And finally, I do my Internet research and general web surfing in Vivaldi.
How does this help me work more efficiently? In all the following ways:
1 – I have the home page for each browser set to the website I always use with that browser.
That way when I open Firefox the Outlook web mail home page opens automatically. All I have to do is sign in and get right to work checking my email.
Likewise, when I open Opera, there’s Facebook already loaded and ready to go.
And Chrome? It loads WordPress automatically so I can sign in and immediately start writing my next blog post.
2 – When I need to switch from one website or service to another I don’t have to hover my mouse over the Taskbar icons to find the tab I’m looking for. I simply glance at the taskbar for the appropriate icon and then click on it.
For example, when I need to switch from whatever I’m doing at the time to Facebook I just click the big red O (the icon for Opera) and boom, there’s Facebook.
When I’m ready to switch to WordPress I simply click on the icon for Chrome.
This is all very quick and easy, and it really saves me a lot of time because I’m constantly switching tasks while I’m working.
The latest from Rick’s Daily Tips Tech Blog…
• Q&A: Are free antivirus apps just as good as paid ones?
The short answer is yes – but there’s more to the story.
• Q&A: Can you recommend a good external hard drive for a Mac?
Read this for my number one choice.
• Click here to see today’s ‘Picture of the Day’.
Every morning I post a new photo that I find inspiring, intriguing, or just plain beautiful to look at. Jumpstart your day by checking it out.
Rick’s Daily Pick…
AMAZTIM Smart Watch (compatible with both Android and iOS)
This is a more cost affective alternative to Fitbits and Apple Watches. Very well designed and quite rugged.
Today’s post from ‘My Daily Smile’…
Homemade fruity popsicles make a healthy and delicious summertime treat
And you won’t believe how easy they are to make.
Tech news that caught my eye…
• Microsoft rolls back a Windows 11 feature that turned off Show Desktop for Copilot
• Google Photos will soon more easily let you block someone’s face from Memories
• LinkedIn now offers Wordle games to play in your free time
• Microsoft OneDrive on the web is adding an offline mode (but not for everyone)
• US warns of Pro-Russian hacktivists targeting water, energy systems
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Rick Rouse
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